Falling in Love Again (Can't Help It)

"Falling in Love Again
(Can't Help It)"
A-side label of US 78-rpm single
Single by Marlene Dietrich
B-side"Naughty Lola"
Released1930
GenreTraditional pop
LabelVictor Talking Machine Company
Songwriter(s)Friedrich Hollaender (German)
Sammy Lerner (English)

"Falling in Love Again (Can't Help It)" is the English language name for a 1930 German song composed by Friedrich Hollaender as "Ich bin von Kopf bis Fuß auf Liebe eingestellt" (literally: "I am, from head to toe, ready for love"). The song was originally performed in the 1930 film Der Blaue Engel (English translation: The Blue Angel) by Marlene Dietrich, who also recorded the most famous English version, which became her anthem. Dietrich is backed by the Friedrich Hollaender Orchestra.[citation needed]

The English lyrics were written by Sammy Lerner, though they do not include a translation of the original version's most erotic verse;[1] when the English version is sung, the first verse is simply repeated. The song is sometimes co-credited to Reginald Connelly.

  1. ^ Bradshaw, Peter (May 30, 2019). "The Blue Angel review – a masterpiece of erotic obsession". The Guardian. Retrieved March 25, 2024.

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